Part IV

General Provisions

General provisions

Members of a persons family
105
1
A person is a member of another's family if—
a
he is the spouse
or civil partner
of that person, or he and that person live together as husband and wife,
or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners
or
b
he is that person's parent, grandparent, child, grand- child, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—
a
a relationship by marriage
or civil partnership
shall be treated as a relation- ship by blood,
b
a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood,
c
the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child, and
d
an illegitimate child shall be treated as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.
Words in s. 105(1)(a) inserted (S.) (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 52(2)(a); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4
S. 105 repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 4(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with savings in art. 4(2)(3))
Words in s. 105(1)(a) inserted (S.) (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 52(2)(b); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4
Words in s. 105(2)(a) inserted (S.) (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 52(3); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4